The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-04-14
The Carolina, Cumberland
Gap & Chicago Railroad.


criticisms of the SENTINEL on those
ugly rumors the Press and Banner
published about the Railroad. If we
had stated precisely what was inten-
died the Press and Banner would not
have made any renly at all. We
should have said "the subscription of
n me of the towns or townships is w.
ted unconditionally." Everyone knows
there are conditions to all the sub.
scription voted.
"The Press and Bnaner chcerfullv
gives Col. Bowen the benefit of the
above correction of the rumor in ref
erence to the contemplated issue Of
the bonds voted to the Carolina, Cam
berland Gap and Chicago Road.
"Col Bowen further says that the
subscription of none of the towns or
townships is voted conditionaliy."
Well, now, let us see. The official
advertisement of the County Commits
sioners ordering the election for "sub-
scription" or ono Subscription" in
Due West township to be held on the
23, of April 1885, contains these
words:
l "On the condition. that the bonds
Ito be issued therelrndcr shall be de-
posted in the Ca"olina Saving Bank
of Charleston in trust.
2, s'To be delivered to President of
the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and
Chicago Railroad Company onl V upon
n completed line through said town
ship, being constructed in accordance
with the resolution of the Board Of
Directors as adopted March S, 1889,
and entered on the minutes.
8. "And on the further condition.
to be expressed on the bonds to be is
sued by authority Of the vote to hc ia
ken, that said bonds shall hc null and
void un'ess said railway shall, after
passing through the corporate limits
of due West, run thence along the
general route surveyed through the
., township i'll the direction of Crnyton.
Vile"
The advertisement by the same au.
, thority and for the same purpose, Mt
Abbevillc Court House, on May 20,
1885, contained these words:
l. "Ihc said subscription to be
made on condition that the said bonds
be deposited i'll some bank in trust
and
2. "Not to be delivered to tho Pres
ident of the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railway for the
=, benefit of the said road until the
said road shall be completed to the
town of AlNbeville Court House.
3. "And on further condition, that
the said load shall be completed to
Abbevillc Court House on or before
the 1st of january, A. d. 1888.
The people can Of course make mp
their minds rs to whether Abbcyille
and Due West voted their bonds con
ditionally."
It would be no trouble, however, to
prove that the citizens of this
village Thought they were voting tn"
.,honds 'conditionally," but the Press
and Banner has, from the first, and
still believes, that it is ut least uucs-
tion as to whether the "conditioms
will save us harmless in case the
Rrilway Comranp should demand
the issue Of the bonds.
Col. Bowen may not know it, but
we think that he and the Pickcns
SENTINEL may find on examination,
Il defect in the law that authorizes
townships t. votetha tax 1t will in
the humble judgement of this scribe re.
quire at least a judicial decision to
cOnstrue the act, or else an amcnda.
tory act of the Legislature to enforce
the collection of tax to pay the in
terest on the township bonds.
In those days it was less trouble to
get statute On the BOOKS thnn it is at
present. We presume that not one
man in thousand at that time knew
the act authorizing the election for
tax was being put on the books, but
now it takes yards of a petition to in
duce the Legislature to pass an act
authorizing us to vote on the sale of
whlskey. Reasoning then from ana
logy, it will now be exceedingly diff |
ticult to get the Legislature to cure
ats own mistakes as to. the railroad.
If the officers and friends of the !
road are true to their pledges and |
their promises, (and we have no doubt !
they will be,) the people have nothing
70 fear from the result of that olec-
fion. Our obligation to iss .te bonds
70 the read, expires, by its limitation,
on the FIRST day of next January, and |
1f the Railway Company had all the |
money they wanted, they canuot com
ply with the stipulation that it is to
be completed to Abbeyi1e on or be-
fore the lst Of january A. ID. 1883
We know that nsither Col Boyon
nor the Pickens SENFrNEr, wonld ;n
tentionally do the Press and Bnnno,
an injustice, and, for this reaaon we
a 4 a a -. .